The Violence Against Women Act has been in effect since 1994. It provides government funding for programs to combat domestic violence, including support for domestic violence victims. The Senate passed a reauthorization of the VAWA back in April. The House? They first tried watering the Senate bill down so much that Senate balked and Obama said he’d veto the House version. Since the House version didn’t pan out the House has chosen to simply ignore it, and not address the issue again in 2012. As a result, for the first time in 18 years, the VAWA hasn’t been reauthorized. Government funding for domestic violence programs is now set to sharply decline.
Unbelievable. The fiscal cliff debacle was just the tip of the iceberg for the House GOP. Over 2 months after Hurricane Sandy, and the House GOP was still refusing to bring up disaster relief…until Chris Christie and others blasted the incompetence of the GOP today. JUST prior to the fiscal cliff vote, the GOP brought up a bill to freeze Government salaries for another year (this would be 3 years now with a pay freeze)…an incredibly transparent play to cover their asses for their embarrassing handling of the fiscal cliff. Agricultural interests and many responsible politicians (are there any left?) are up in arms over the handling (or lack thereof) of the farm bill by the House GOP.
So…any confidence that the House GOP will be sensible in 2 months, when it’s time to address the sequestration delay, the debt limit, and funding government for the rest of the year? Unbelievable…
Apparently, Republicans don’t have anyone in their families who are gay, female, abused, raped, pregnant, elderly, poor, injured, ill, handicapped, challenged. Everytime they have a chance to protect the American people, they call nasty, demeaning, racially-charged, gender- specific and homophobic names and accuse such folks of being lazy, stupid, unworthy. Money for Nascar, but the most vulnerable among us, “Go bleep yourselves”! Mad MEN Lives!